Miltiades son of Kypselos

Also known as: Miltiades of the Chersonese / Miltiades the settler of the Chersonese · Family: Athenian · Role: despot of the Chersonese · First appears: Book 6 · §32–40

Life events

• Miltiades agreed to lead the Dolonkians and sought the Oracle’s approval.(Book 6 · §32–40 · 📍 Athens)
  • “Miltiades when he heard it was at once disposed to agree, because he was vexed by the rule of Peisistratos and desired to be removed out of the way.”
• Miltiades took possession of the land and became despot over the Dolonkians.(Book 6 · §32–40 · 📍 the Chersonese)
  • “Miltiades the son of Kypselos, who had before this been victor at Olympia with a four-horse chariot, now taking with him of the Athenians everyone who desired to share in the expedition, sailed with the Dolonkians and took possession of the land: and they who had invited him to come to them made him despot over them.”
• Miltiades built a wall across the isthmus to repel the Apsinthians.(Book 6 · §32–40 · 📍 the Chersonese)
  • “First then he made a wall across the isthmus of the Chersonese from the city of Cardia to Pactye, in order that the Apsinthians might not be able to invade the land and do them damage.”
• Croesus compelled the people of Lampsacos to release their prisoner, Miltiades.(Book 6 · §32–40 · 📍 Lampsacos)
  • With: Croesus
  • “Then when the people of Lampsacos were perplexed in their counsels as to what that saying should mean with which Croesus had threatened them, namely that he would destroy them utterly like a pine-tree, at length one of the elder men with difficulty perceived the truth, and said that a pine alone of all trees when it has been cut down does not put forth any further growth but perishes, being utterly destroyed. The people of Lampsacos therefore fearing Croesus loosed Miltiades and let him go.”
• Miltiades died without a son and passed his rule and possessions to Stesagoras.(Book 6 · §32–40 · 📍 the Chersonese)
  • With: Stesagoras
  • “He then escaped by means of Croesus, but afterwards he brought his life to an end leaving no son to succeed him, but passing over his rule and his possessions to Stesagoras, who was the son of Kimon, his brother on the mother's side:”

Book 6 · §32–40

• friends with Croesus “Now Miltiades had come to be a friend of Croesus the Lydian;”
• with Peisistratos (Peisistratos held the government while Miltiades had some power.) “Now at that time in Athens the government was held by Peisistratos, but Miltiades also the son of Kypselos had some power,”
• siblings with Stesagoras (son of Kimon) “Stesagoras, who was the son of Kimon, his brother on the mother's side:”
• with Stesagoras (son of Kimon) (Miltiades passed his rule and possessions to Stesagoras.) “passing over his rule and his possessions to Stesagoras, who was the son of Kimon, his brother on the mother's side:”

Book 6 · §101–107

• siblings with Kimon (father of Miltiades) “his half-brother Miltiades had done, who had the same mother as he.”
• with Miltiades son of Kimon (The younger Miltiades was named after the settler.) “having been named Miltiades after Miltiades the settler of the Chersonese.”
• younger kin: Stesagoras (son of Kimon) (Miltiades is identified as Kimon's father's brother.) “Now the elder of the sons of Kimon, Stesagoras, was at that time being brought up in the house of his father's brother Miltiades in the Chersonese”

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Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.